A man is trapped after falling down a manhole in this delightfully bonkers single-space survival thriller from Japan that keeps the twists and surprises coming thick and fast until the very end.
Festival Programme
Films — by Genre
- Action
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- Award-winners
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- Comedy
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- Education
- Environment
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- Māori/Pacific
- Photography
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- WTF?
- War Zones
- Writers and Theatre
WTF?
![De Humani Corporis Fabrica](/assets/resized/sm/upload/of/zd/24/yf/HERO_DeHumani-1-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=488f1fefd3)
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Visionary and confrontational, the mysteries of the body are dissected with surgical precision in an unforgettable, extremely close-up look at human bodies, those who care for them, and the system that rules them all.
![Good Boy](/assets/resized/sm/upload/e9/7b/6c/7l/HERO_GOOD%20BOY%20SCREENSHOT_1.223.1-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=8508be6d23)
Good Boy
In this pitch-black Norwegian thriller, Sigrid thinks she's met her perfect match with the charming and handsome Christian, but there is one catch—he lives with a man who acts like his pet dog.
![Hello Dankness](/assets/resized/sm/upload/ga/hh/mv/yo/HERO_HelloDankness_01_3996x2160_300dpi_sRGB-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=8ca05ef92c)
Hello Dankness
Cultural anarchists Soda Jerk remix hundreds of bootlegged clips into a gutbusting, memeified satire on the parlous period before and after the 2016 American elections.
![Loop Track](/assets/resized/sm/upload/ty/ly/vj/zj/HERO_Loop%20Track%20Production%20Stills_NZIFF2023_017-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=3c5eead74c)
Loop Track
A man on the verge of a nervous breakdown retreats to the bush, only to encounter other trampers—and someone or something else entirely—in this psychological thriller, a big screen first for comedian Tom Sainsbury.
![Omen](/assets/resized/sm/upload/sn/5w/4h/o7/HERO_Omen_still%201_copyright%20Wrong%20Men-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=b1175997e6)
Omen
Augure
An invigorating tale of alleged witchcraft seeped in magical realism, director Baloji tackles grief and guilt as a Congolese man returns home in this Kinshasa set mind-bender.
![River](/assets/resized/sm/upload/hh/5b/7w/iv/HERO_river_sub5-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=d8be9ade09)
River
Ribā, nagarenaideyo
The team behind festival hit Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (NZIFF 2021) return with an ingenious comedy in which the staff at a traditional hot springs hotel are trapped in a time loop that repeats every two minutes.
![Tiger Stripes](/assets/resized/sm/upload/86/38/mn/sr/HERO_TIGER-STRIPES7%C2%A9%20GGrrrlPictures2023-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=994a743b61)
Tiger Stripes
Winner of the Grand Prize of Critics’ Week at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, a 12-year-old girl watches her body undergo a terrifying transformation in this irreverent art-horror debut from Malaysia.